eball Posted March 31, 2022 Posted March 31, 2022 Wow, I love what he said because I agree 100%! There is not a single game I watch because of who's announcing it, and there are definitely games I avoid (or mute) because of who's announcing. Kudos to someone who has made a very good living in that business for having the guts to say it. 5 1 Quote
Rico Posted March 31, 2022 Posted March 31, 2022 Interesting. I think Madden is the only one who had the power to make casual fans watch, while Summerall zzzz certainly did not. Maybe Cosell and Dandy Don to a point. 8 1 Quote
Buffalo_Stampede Posted March 31, 2022 Posted March 31, 2022 13 minutes ago, eball said: Wow, I love what he said because I agree 100%! There is not a single game I watch because of who's announcing it, and there are definitely games I avoid (or mute) because of who's announcing. Kudos to someone who has made a very good living in that business for having the guts to say it. Yeah I’m not sure why networks feel the need to pay big money. I dont pay attention to them unless they say something dumb. But we have to remember a lot of people do listen to the people calling the game. I just don’t believe those people care who’s explaining what’s happening. Quote
eball Posted March 31, 2022 Author Posted March 31, 2022 14 minutes ago, Rico said: I think Madden is the only one who had the power to make casual fans watch I think he was the last. Quote
machine gun kelly Posted March 31, 2022 Posted March 31, 2022 It’s not about the announcers for me. As much as I prefer to listen the Sirius Buffalo broadcasters, they are always on a five minute delay. I mainly listen to those guys during tv breaks. Quote
CNY315 Posted March 31, 2022 Posted March 31, 2022 I couldn't care less about who's commentating in any sport. Unless it's Dick Vitale, then I'm watching on mute 2 Quote
DJB Posted March 31, 2022 Posted March 31, 2022 7 minutes ago, CNY315 said: I couldn't care less about who's commentating in any sport. Unless it's Dick Vitale, then I'm watching on mute What about everyone's favorite announcer Beth Mowins? 3 Quote
Allen2D̶i̶g̶g̶s̶TBD Posted March 31, 2022 Posted March 31, 2022 I eat my nachos too loud to hear them anyway... 3 Quote
Saxum Posted March 31, 2022 Posted March 31, 2022 38 minutes ago, eball said: Wow, I love what he said because I agree 100%! There is not a single game I watch because of who's announcing it, and there are definitely games I avoid (or mute) because of who's announcing. Kudos to someone who has made a very good living in that business for having the guts to say it. Quote Gumbel goes on to say that for all of the praise that Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth get for the job that they did with Sunday Night Football, they have an advantage because, “they do the best game of the week.” Collinsworth gets praise from people other than PFF zombies? Quote
Warcodered Posted March 31, 2022 Posted March 31, 2022 The only reason the commentators would really matter is if they're are competing broadcasts. 1 Quote
John Gianelli Posted March 31, 2022 Posted March 31, 2022 (edited) It was a revelation to me when I discovered I could listen to the Spanish translation of the games by switching the language preference on my tv. I do that now whenever it's an option. I do understand Spanish, and I can say that I seldom hear the inane comments most announcers make on our main networks. Just old-school play by play, and a little commentary, with high emotion. But the emotion comes across naturally, not forced as it does with many English-speaking announcers who are perhaps trying too hard to sound excited. "Josh Allen, QUE FUERZA!" Edited March 31, 2022 by John Gianelli typo 6 1 Quote
Malazan Posted March 31, 2022 Posted March 31, 2022 I agree with him and corporations do a lot of dumb things, but they have to have some sort of numbers. Perhaps, it just a matter of framing.. the guys they pay big bucks to chase the fewest number of people away.. I have my suspicions it's more about attention away from the broadcast than how great they are at calling a game. If you have a circle jerk of people talking about so and so and how great they are then they're talking about your network. Go post a topic about Collinsworth sucking and watch it get several pages every time. Quote
Beerball Posted March 31, 2022 Posted March 31, 2022 47 minutes ago, eball said: Wow, I love what he said because I agree 100%! There is not a single game I watch because of who's announcing it, and there are definitely games I avoid (or mute) because of who's announcing. Kudos to someone who has made a very good living in that business for having the guts to say it. I wonder how Bryant feels about this. To me, he's always been a supercilious anal orifice. 1 Quote
VaMilBill Posted March 31, 2022 Posted March 31, 2022 First person I could think of was Beth Mowins. 1 Quote
buffalo2218 Posted March 31, 2022 Posted March 31, 2022 18 minutes ago, DJB said: What about everyone's favorite announcer Beth Mowins? Ah, an audio laxative 1 Quote
Max Fischer Posted March 31, 2022 Posted March 31, 2022 Announcers I like listening to and make a game intersting: Mike Breen - basketball Kevin Harlan Gus Johnson Gary Cohen - baseball Color: Tony Romo Walt Clyde Frazier Ron Darling Quote
PonyBoy Posted March 31, 2022 Posted March 31, 2022 40 minutes ago, DJB said: What about everyone's favorite announcer Beth Mowins? I think it's pronounced "Moans" Like she sounds 😏 Ugh..!! 1 Quote
MJS Posted March 31, 2022 Posted March 31, 2022 Some of them annoy me. Some of them I like. But there is only one that I can't stand and consider muting the TV for: Chris Collinsworth. I'll also say the Monday night guys were pretty cringe worthy last season. Those guys really annoyed me. 1 3 Quote
SoCal Deek Posted March 31, 2022 Posted March 31, 2022 Bill Walton (NCAA basketball) is literally impossible to listen to. What a mess! 1 1 Quote
Mr. WEO Posted March 31, 2022 Posted March 31, 2022 Who wouldn't tune into a game because of the announcers? I don't understand that. Quote
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